"The government to you is what God is to agnostics--only to be invoked when your own well being is at stake."

-- Amitav Ghosh

#Government Quotes #Stakes Quotes #Well Being Quotes

“In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.”
“I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me.”
“Writing advice is not the product of an equation. "If you do X, then Y will occur" is false in this instance. "If you name a character John Q. Hymenbreaker, your book will be an instant bestseller" is crazy-talk. Writing advice is not about providing certifiable answers. It is about making suggestions.”
“Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.”
“But when it comes time to decide your fate, they'll sign you on the line right next to Satan. Cause' they don't care about us. They just use us up.”
“When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.”
“We must lengthen our stride and must do it now because we over ate and feel fat.”
“It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans.”

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